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Raoni Metuktire, also simply known as Chief Raoni, born ca. 1930, is an important chief of the Kayapo people, a Brazilian Indigenous group from the plain lands of the Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil, south of the Amazon Basin and along Rio Xingu and its tributaries. He is a famous international character, a living symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon rainforest and of the indigenous culture. ==Early campaigns== Cacique (Portuguese and Spanish word for chieftain) Raoni Metuktire was born in the State of Mato Grosso in or around 1930, in the heart of the Brazilian part of the Amazon rainforest, in a village called Krajmopyjakare (today called Kapôt). Born in the Metuktire family of Kayapo people, he is one of Cacique Umoro’s sons. As the Kayapo tribe is nomadic, his childhood was marked by moving continuously from one place to another and he witnessed many tribal wars. Guided by his brother Motibau, at the age of 15, he chose to have a painted wooden lip plate (called ‘''botoque''’ by the warriors of his tribe) placed under the lower lip. Raoni and other members of the Metuktire tribe encountered the Western World for the first time in 1954. Initiated into the portuguese language by Orlando Villas-Bôas, the eldest of the Villas-Bôas brothers and a famous indigenous anthropologist in Brazil, the young Raoni was ready for the ''Kuben’s'' invasion (''Kuben'' meaning « the others », « white people »). In 1964, he met King Leopold III of Belgium, while the latter was on an expedition into indigenous reservations in Mato Grosso. Deforestation was already giving cause for concern when a documentary film made by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux, narrated by Jacques Perrin and called “Raoni” was shot. Marlon Brando, known for his support of Native American people, had just been paid an unprecedented $3.7 million for his 10-minute part in Superman, but agreed to be filmed for no salary at all for the opening sequence of the movie. Brazilian media’s sudden interest made him become the banner-bearer of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon rainforest, which had been put in jeopardy by illegal deforestation, the increasing cultivation of soya beans and the choice of hydroelectric dams as an alternative to fulfill the country needs for energy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raoni Metuktire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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